Brake-beam.



No. 741,380. PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903. J. P. SCOTT & T. M. GALLAGHER.

BRAKE BEAM.

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP AR. 2, 1903.

UNITED STATES Patented October 13, 1903.

PATE T OFFICE.

JOHN F. SCOTT, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, AND THOMAS M". GALLAGHER, OF ST.LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BRAKE-BEAM."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,380, dated October13, 1903.

I Application filed March 2, 1903. Serial No. 145,629. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;-

Be it knownthat We,JOHN F. SCOTT,residing at Evansville, in the countyof Vanderburg and State of Indiana, and THOMAS M. GALLA- GHER, residingin the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, citizens of theUnited States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrake-Beams, of which the following is a full,- clear, and exactdescription, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

Ourinvention relates to an improved brakebeam for railway-cars; and itconsists-in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointedout in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective view pf our improved beam. Fig. 11 is anenlarged transverse section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is anenlarged transverse section taken on line III III, Fig. I. Fig. IV is adetail longitudinal section taken on line 1V 1V, Fig. III. Fig. V isadetail top view, part in section, showing one end of the beam with thebrakehead removed. Fig. V1 is avertical section, on a reducedscale,taken.on line VI VI,Fig.V;

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the body ofthe beam, preferablymade of caststeel and which has a base 2'and a flange 4 represents thebrake-heads. They are slipped onto the ends of the beam and held inplace by pins 5. I

6 is a fulcrum. It is provided-With a shank socket 8, formed int-hecenter The beam has a swell!) to add 7, fitting in a ofthe beam.

strength at the point where the socket is 10- cated. The fulcrum isheld-to the beam by a pin 10, that passes through the beam and throughthe shank 7.

11 represents. the guard-fingers. They fit in sockets 12,formed in thebeam,and are held therein by pins 13. The beam has swells 14 to addstrength at the point where the sockets 12 are located.

By thus constructing a brake-beam the brake-heads, fulcrum, andguard-fingers can all be attached and renewed without the use of toolsand by any inexperienced person.

\Ve claim' as our invention- 1. A brake-beam having sockets toreceivethe fulcrum and guard-fingers, the fulcrum and guardfingers beingadapted to be held in place by pins passingtherethrough and through thebeam, substantially as set forth. 2. Abrake-bearn havingbrake-headsslipped thereon and held thereto by means of pins,and 5 5 fulcrum andguard-fingers fitting in sockets formed in the beam and heldtherein bymeans of pins, substantially as set forth.

JOHN F. scoTr'. THOMAS M. GALLAGHER.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, N. V. ALEXANDER.'

